Box tray support



W. L. BUED'INGEN. BOX TRAY SUPPORT,

PPPP IQATION FILED MAY 22. 1920.

, Patsmed July 4 5 19221.

TaT ES ii AT BOX TRAY SUPPORT.

Application filed May 22,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. VILLIAM L. Bunorn- GEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of M11- waukee andState of Visconsin, have 1nvented new and useful Improvements in BoxTray Supports, of which the following is a description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of thisspecification.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements intray supports for boxes.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a simple traysupport which may be easily produced and inserted in boxes to positivelysupport the tray therein spaced from the bottom thereof.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a tray supportforretaining a tray within a box spaced from the bottom thereof which willbe independent of both the box and the tray and not attached to either.

A further object of this invention is to provide a tray support of theclass described having supporting legs engageable with the tray bottom,intermediate shelf means upon which a tray is readily removabl vsupported within the box spaced from the bottom thereof and meansconfined between the adjacent sides of the box and tray for retainingthe support in position.

A. still further object of this invention is to provide a support of theclass described capable of being stamped or struck in a single operationwhereby the same may be produced inexpensive enough to be applied to thecheapest boxes and at the same time so complete that it may be used withthe most elaborate and costly creations of the box makers skill.

Vith the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafterdescribed and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it beingunderstood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated one complete example ofthe physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to thebest mode I have so far Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, i922.

1920. Serial No. 383,606.

devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box having a tray supported thereinby my improved form of tray support, the box having its cover removedfor the purpose of illustration Figure 2 is a top view of one of thetray supports detached;

Figure 3 is a front view of one of the box tray supports detached; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of box traysupport.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, 5designates a conventional form of box structure and 6, a tray positionedtherein and spaced from the bottom of the box by my improved form oftray support now about to be described. In the present instance, thesupport is formed from a single length of wire or other similar materialand is of substantially U-shape with its intermediate portion or closedend 7 positioned intermediate the adjacent end walls of the box and traywith the vertical arms thereof depending downwardly.

The vertical arms of the U are each in two sections 8 and 9, thesect-ions 8 being confined between the adjacent walls of the box andtray and the sections 9 projecting downwardly and resting upon the boxbottom. The sections 9 form the supporting legs and are offset from theperpendicular, but parallel with the sections 8 and the portionsconnecting the adjacent sections 8 and 9 are struck or bent laterally asat 10 to provide a shelf portion upon which the adjacent edge of thetray rests.

As will be apparent from the foregoing description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing, in packing a box in which a tray is to besupported by my improved supports, the bottom of the box is filled withthe candy or other materials and my improved tray supports theninserted. One tray support is positioned centrally at each opposite endof the box with the supporting legs or sections 9 resting upon thebottom, when the tray is then inserted to confine the upper half of theinverted U, or that portion formed by the sections 7 and 8, between theadjacent walls of the box and tray. With this construction, the sections8 of the supports are held firm between the adjacent end walls of thebox tray to retain the supports in vertical position, and the tray isprevented from crushing the contents in the lower portion of the box bythe shelves or sections 10.

The height at which the tray 6 is supported within the box isgovernechby'the' .length of the sections 9 and the distances apart ofthe sections 8 and 9 are also governed by the size of the tray and boxwith which the present invention is to be used.

In thatform of my invention depicted in Figure 4, the sections 9 of thedevice are eliminated and a transverse sheet of material llfsubstituted,the sheetll being secured in place by bending the ends 12 inwardlythrough the material as at 13 andthen upwardly as at 14 to bind the,materialand make the same rigid with the tray support. The upperportion .of this form of my invention is identical with thathereinbeforedescribed and the description of Figures 1, 2 and 3 will sufiice forFigure 4:.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A box tray support comprising a vertical member engageable in a boxadjacent one wall thereof with its lower end resting upon the boxbottom, and an intermediate supporting portion providing a shelf forreceiving the adjacent end of a tray positioned within the box, theportion of said member above the intermediate supporting shelfbeingconfined between the adjacent walls of the box and tray whereby thesupport is held in substantially vertical position.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a box'and atray adapted to be supported therein and spaced from the bottom thereof,of means substantially independent of the box and tray for readilyremovably supporting the tray within the box and including supportinglegs resting upon the box bottom, an upper portion confined between theadjacent walls of the box and tray, and shelf means upon which the trayrests.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a box and atray adapted to be supported therein and spaced from the bottom thereof,of disconnected supporting members for readily removably supporting thetray within the box and each consisting of a single length of wireofsubstantially U-shape and having laterally bent portions in the legsof the U medially of their ends to provide supporting shelves upon whichthe adjacent tray end is adapted to rest, the portion of the supportbelow the laterally bent portions enga ing the box bottom and theportion above s aid bent portions being confined between the adjacentwalls of the box and tray.

In testimon whereof, I affix my signature.

VfiJLIAB I L. BUEDINGEN.

